Re: Failing DC

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Meinolf-

I now have all the roles seized to one of the other DC's at my main site.
Can I shutdown the troubled DC and start to run metadata? I also have a
backup of the System State from earlier this week before the problem started.

"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:

Hello obnetadmin,

In a single forest domain the IM can be held also from a GC DC, make all
DCs GC in your case, no problem.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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Meinolf-

I have all FSMO roles seized to another DC with the exception of the
Infrastructure Master. Can I seize this role to a GC server for the
time being without any issues while I perform metadata cleanup?

"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:

Hello obnetadmin,

Reboot loop can be virus/spyware etc. also. Try with a BartPE or
similar
to scane the harddisk for them. If you still stuck in the loop and it
is
not the broken harddisk you can also seize the FSMO roles on another
DC and
run a metadata cleanup according to:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555846/en-us
Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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I have a single forest single domain Windows Server 2003 EE Active
Directory environment. At my main site I have 3 DC's. One of the
three is stuck in loop where it constantly reboots when it either
reaches the splash screen, after loading computer or personal
settings, or after login. This DC holds the Infrastructure Master
role as well as secondary DNS and WINS. I don't believe it's a
hardware problem so I need to remove it from the domain and
reinstall the server...Could I boot and do a Directory Services
restore? Also need to restore local Administrator and/or Directory
Services restore password. HELP!




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